Kevin Aaron, electronic games technician manager at Hoosier Park Casino, starts up one of the 2,000 slot machines at the casino. The gambling industry employs more than 17,500 people in Indiana. (The Star Press file photo)
By Keith Roydson, Star Press
kroysdon@muncie.gannett.com
MUNCIE -- In an economy hit hard by job loss and recession, officials, economists and workers are increasingly ready to gamble that casinos will become a solid part of Indiana's economy.
East Central Indiana residents are already fixtures at Hoosier Parking Racing and Casino in Anderson and Indiana Live Casino in Shelbyville for play. Now they're turning to the casinos for work, finding employment through job fairs.
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